USPTO Patents Application 09839510

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Appf, No. 09/839,510

Amcfi Dated January 7» 2005

Reply to Office action of November 3, 2004

Attorney Docket No. P14506-US1

EUS/J/P/OS-1007

Amendments to the Drawings:

The attached three (3) sheets of drawings include proposed changes to Figures
1,2Aand 2B.

Attachment: Annotated Sheets of Drawings Showing Changes

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Appl. No. 09/839.510

Amdt. Dated January 7, 5005

Reply to Office action of November 3. 2004

Attorney Docket No. P145064JS1

EUS/J/P/05-1007

REMARKS/ARGUMENTS

1. ) Claim Amendments

The Applicant has cancelled claims 1-19 and 27 and amended claims 20, 22, 26
and 30; no new matter has been added by the amendments. Claims 20-26 and 28-31
remain pending in the application. Favorable reconsideration of the application is
respectfully requested in view of the foregoing amendments and the following remarks,

2. ) Examiner Objections - Drawings

The Examiner objected to the drawings for including reference characters not
mentioned in the description, or failing to include reference characters mentioned in the
description. In order to overcome the Examiner's objections, the Applicants have made
amendments to the specification and submit herewith proposed amendments to Figures
1, 2A and 2B. The Examiner's approval of the proposed drawing replacement sheets,
and amended specification, is respectfully requested; the Applicants will submit formal
replacement sheets upon the Examiner's approval.

3. ) Examiner Objections - Specification

The Examiner objected to the specification because of an incorrect drawing
reference. The Applicant thanks the Examiner for his careful review of the specification.
The Applicant has corrected the error in the amendments to the specification submitted
herein.

4. ) Examiner Objections - Claims

The Examiner objected to claims 7, 9-19, 22^25, 26-29 and 30-31 for certain
informalities. Claims 7, 9-19 and 27 have been cancelled and, therefore, the objection
thereto is moot. The Applicants have amended claims 22, 26 and 30 to provide the
meaning of the acronym "ICU;" the amendment to those claims also overcomes the
Examinees objections to claims 23-25 t 28-29 and 31, which are dependent from claims
22, 26 and 30, respectively. Whereas no other objections or rejections were made bv
the Examiner to claims 22-25 and 30-31. those claims are now allowable . Furthermore,

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Attorney Docket No. P14506-US1

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no other objections or rejections were made by the Examiner to claim 27. Thus, claim
26, which has been amended to include the limitations of claim 27, is now allowable:
and claims 28-29. which are dependent from claim 26 and include the limitations
thereof, are also now allowable .

5.) Claim Rejections-35 U.S.C. §112

The Examiner rejected claims 1-21 as being "based on a disclosure which is not
enabling," with a recommended claim amendment to overcome the rejection. Claims 1-
19 have been cancelled and, therefore, the rejection thereof is moot. Claim 20 has been
amended in accordance with the Examiner's recommendation in order to overcome the
rejection; that amendment also overcomes the Examiner's rejection of claim 21, which
is dependent from claim 20- Whereas no other objections or rejections were made bv
the Examiner to claims 20 and 21, those claims are now allowable.

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Appl. No. 09/839,510

Amdt Dated January 7, 2005

Reply to Office action of November 3 t 2004

Attorney Docket No. P14506-US1

EUS/J/P/05-1007

CONCLUSION

fn view of the foregoing amendments and remarks, the Applicants believe all of
the claims currently pending in the Application to be in a condition for allowance. The
Applicants, therefore, respectfully request that the Examiner withdraw all rejections and
issue a Notice of Allowance for clairnis 20-26 and 28-3 1 .

The Applicants request a telephonic interview if the Examiner has any questions
or requires any additional informatiofi that would further or expedite the prosecution of
the Application.

Registration No. 40,542

Date: January 7, 2005
Ericsson Inc.

6300 Legacy Drive, M/S EVR 1-C-1 1 j

Piano, Texas 75024 l

(972) 583-5799
roger.burleigh@ericsson.com

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